Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-21
WAS navigeble by steamer; in fact we

w.s navigable by steamer; in fact we
ran aground before we turned back.
never appreciated the command in the
Bible to make bricks without straw
until saw the process of brick making
in Egypt. To them the straw is as neces-
sery as hair is 10 US in making plaster.
The thing that interested me most in
Egypt, however, was its social condition.
The women OF the country are
little more than slaves She
has no social, no religious and no intel
lectu4l existence, is, in short, little more
than beast of burden for her husband,
who is in the true sense of the word her
master. He csn beat her at will, and
when he is tired of her send her away by
8 simple word. Alexandra. Athens and
Florence were in turn visited. In Venice,
where the dusky Moor, Othello, paid
homage 10 the beauty Of Desdemons, w6s
pointed out to me. And, bY-the-bY, it
Wss the pen of Alexander Dumas that
gave sucn interest to the Chateau DIT,
and which visited with q keen sense of
pleasure, and gazed on the adjacent cells
wherein Edmund Dantes and the priest
were confined.
ON all my travels / never met with 81
/ incident which showed q dislike Of me on
account of nv negro blood. On the con-
trary, in Paris l was admitted to the f DOR
of the Chamber Of Deputies, and shown
! other courtesies. visited fire. quently the
houses Of several senators, anQ made fast
! friends of some. When ! left, Senator
! Schelcher accompanied me to the depot,
and with his eighty years Of honorable
/ life behind bent down and kissed me on
/ both checks in token Of farewell. Now in
marked contrast with this, take this city,
! the capital Of our free country. Can 8
/ black man enter restaurant and hope to
! be served? No, sir, he cannot. He Will
I he shown the door without hesitation.
/ This know.
But one OF TIE most enjoyable things
Of sll my trips was in London when
heard Gladstone, that grand old man,
speak on the rejection of the coercion
bill. | have hesrd Daniel Webster,
Charles Sumner and nearly every great
man Of my native land, but, l tell you,
none were such as he. And l went ex-
ptctipg great deal and found more than
even my imagination had pictured.
HThe House OF Commons is rude,
bosterous body, with little or no self
respect. Derisive cheers, LOUD stampiD {
sud even Whistling and Cat-Cslls are in
dulged in. Say what you please sgainst
cur House, it compares favor,biy in dig
nifty with any
"But here is one result OF nv trip thst
: should not be overlooked. 1t IS genu-
ire Cremona violin. Let NE play some
thing for you" And then he began to
play, slow and soft at first, getting louder
and quicker as the spirit moved the grsy
Barred player, till finally it ends in 4
plaintive wSil. All during the piece you
could see the muscles of the negro's face
working and his long locks keeping time,
How intense, indeed, is the negroes love
Of melody.
/ The rustliDg Of dress wss the only
waning had of her approach until
stood face TO face with Mrs. Douglass
herself. / must admit, ! was surprised
TO See woman proud CT bearipg, with
the fsirest Of compilations, and face OF
more than ordinary intelligence, es the
wife of q negro. Her manner was pleas
ipg and refined il fact everything shout
/. her bore the stamp OF the lady. Verify,
J what strange things we see.
The house, while not pretentious one
is comfortable and cosy. All about It art
evidences of 3 womGn's care. \ cheer
pictures adOrn the walls, and geWgaws
are unknown. In the library are gooC
prints of Elizabeth Csdy Stanton an(
Belva a. Lockwood, showing the MASTER:
feelings on woman suffrage The panel.
of all the doors are hand painted, spc
while the work is not of any particular
merit, il gives one some idea OF the kinC
of woman who oraved the world, he
, friends and her family for the love OF s
black man. HOBART BROOKS,